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Japanese migration to the United Kingdom
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Japanese British people (or Japanese Britons) are citizens or full time residents of the United Kingdom whose ethnic origins lie fully or partially in the East Asian nation of Japan, the Japanese population in the UK is the seventh largest overseas Japanese community in the world (after Brazil, USA, Philippines, China, Canada and Peru) and the largest and oldest in Europe,citation needed and a significant number of British people have Japanese ancestry.
History
Settlement first began in the late 19th Century with the arrival of educated and self-sufficient Japanese professionals, students and their servants. Exactly 264 citizens of Japan resided in Britain in 1884, the majority of whom identified themselves as officials and students.[1] Employment diversified in the early 1900s with the growth of the Japanese community, which exceeded five hundred people by the close of the first decade of the 20th Century.[1]
Another wave of immigration began in the 1960s, mainly for business and economic purposes. In recent decades this number has been growing; including immigrants, students, and businessmen. Parts of the United Kingdom, in particular London, have significant Japanese populations; such as Golders Green and East Finchley North London. There are currently just over one hundred thousand British Japanese, mostly in London.
Notable persons
See also
Notes
References
- Itoh, Keiko (2001), The Japanese Community in Pre-War Britain, RoutledgeCurzon ISBN 0-7007-1487-1
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* People belonging to this ethnic group are as much Asian as they are White British (multiracials)
† Sometimes also cosidered European people
¤ Not from continental Asia but the countyr's population is significantly or predominantly Asian |
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